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exactly that. Kenzie Wilson
and Sydney Brockway moved
up, and all the other girls held
their spot.”
The Grant Union girls beat
out East Linn Christian by
just half a point. Grant Union
earned 86.5 and East Linn 86.
The girls’ win at the state
and league championships were
both irsts for 21-year head
coach Sonna Smith, although
they came close in the past.
The Prospector girls team
included: Wilson, Brockway,
Samantha Brock, Chelsie
Kodesh, Kori Pentzer, Jozie
Rude and Kaylee Wright.
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She won the 200-meter dash
with a time of 26.43, .12 of a sec-
ond from setting a new 1A state
meet record. She was trailed by
South Wasco County’s Ana Pop-
chock who inished in 26.79.
Pettit is not new to the track,
as she has competed at the state
level and the AAU Junior Na-
tional Olympics twice, as a mid-
dle school student athlete.
Freshman Kyla Emerson
also tore up the track at the Uni-
versity of Oregon’s Hayward
Field, reaching personal records
in both the 100-meter hurdles,
inishing ifth with a time of
17.89, and the 300 hurdles, plac-
ing eighth with 52.51.
The girls are led by irst-year
head coach Darrin Dailey.
Wright set a new state re-
cord in javelin with a throw
of 131-03, adding to the ex-
citement at Hayward Field at
the University of Oregon in
Eugene.
“It was fun to go with
these girls and make it to irst
and be state champs,” Wright
said.
The freshman is coached
in javelin by her dad Kelsey
Wright, who was also a state
champion in high school for
javelin.
Pentzer, a sophomore,
achieved championship sta-
tus in both the triple jump
and long jump. She entered
the meet seeded irst for those
events and second for the
300-meter hurdles.
She set a personal record for
the triple jump with a mark of
37-2.75. She had a 17-3.75 leap
in the long jump to repeat as
champion again this year. She
also inished second in the 300
hurdles with a time of 47.97.
“I feel very blessed to be a
part of the team this year, and
we worked hard to achieve
our goals,” Pentzer said.
“I’m very thankful for coach
(John) Houk and coach (Ken)
Boethin and all the time they
put in to help me. We knew it
would be close, and each one
of us wanted it.”
Brockway, a freshman,
was seeded fourth in the long
jump and inished third with a
mark of 15-9.25, helping the
team move up.
“It was a good experience
to go as a freshman, and it
was nice going with a devoted
team and coaches,” she said.
Wilson, a senior, took a big
leap in the triple jump.
She was ranked sixth and
placed second with a mark of
33-4.25.
Kodesh, a junior, went in
seventh and inished sixth in
discus with a throw of 105-
4.00, beating her own previ-
ous record of 102-8.00.
“It took all of us to win,
she said.
Rude, a sophomore, held
her positions, inishing sec-
ond in javelin with a throw of
117-11.00, third in pole vault
at 9-0.25 — a personal record
— and fourth in shot put with
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a mark of 36-0.00.
Brock was seeded second
and inished second in the
100-meter hurdles with a time
of 16.55, shaving over half a
second off her previous per-
sonal record.
“It’s a really good way to
inish my senior year, and I’m
super proud of my team,” she
said.
Smith said even though
the boys were not in the run-
ning for a championship they
performed well, with Duane
Stokes moving up two posi-
tions in the triple jump and
Andrew Copenhaver holding
his spot.
Copenhaver inished ifth
in pole vault with a ifth-place
mark of 12-0.00.
Stokes gained a personal
record in the triple jump with
a mark of 38-3.50 for 10th
place.
Coach Smith said she was
pleased with her team’s grit
this year.
“Their ability to mentally
accept the challenge and car-
ry through is what won us the
championship,” Smith said. “I
am so proud of their achieve-
ment, but more proud of their
mental and physical tough-
ness to bring it to fruition.
“I want to thank all my
parents and coaches for all the
help and support they have
given to our team all season
long. Without them, the team
would not have had the suc-
cess they did this season.”
“
The competition was a lot harder than I thought it would
be. It really pushed me to run faster in the races. It was
super fun, and everyone had good sportsmanship there.”
Sophie Pettit
Monument track and ield athlete
“Hayward Field is always
an amazing place to compete,”
he said. “No other sport has as
many live fans watching a state
competition as track does. Peo-
ple you’ve never met will cheer
you on regardless of how small
your school is. This year was no
exception.”
Dailey said Pettit performed
well, even with a tight sched-
ule.
“Sophie had to leave the
long jump lineup during the in-
troductions to get ready for her
100(-meter) dash as they were
at the same time,” he said.
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“She ran a 12.76 to place irst
in the prelims. Then she made
it to the long jump inals on a
15-07.00. Her irst jump at i-
nals was her best and placed
her fourth in the state at a dis-
tance of 15-09.75.”
Commenting on Emerson’s
run in the 300 hurdles, Dailey
said, “While not her favorite
event, she still performs her best,
which to me is one of the marks
of a great athlete.”
Emerson said she didn’t ex-
pect to go to state. She drew a
wildcard for the trip.
“I was glad I did because I
got PRs in the 100 hurdles, and
in the 300 hurdles I was close to
my personal record,” she said.
“Everyone was super nice, and it
was a well run meet. Mr. Dailey
was a good coach since it was
his irst year, and Mr. (Earl) Pet-
tit was a good jumping coach.”
Pettit said she also enjoyed
the experience.
“The competition was a lot
harder than I thought it would
be,” she said. “It really pushed
me to run faster in the races. It
was super fun, and everyone had
good sportsmanship there.”
She said she was disappoint-
ed at not breaking state records
in the sprints.
“It gives me more of a drive
to work harder,” she said.
She said she’d like to thank
coach Dailey and her dad for
their help, and she’ll be back
for more competition during her
junior year after returning from
a foreign exchange program
through the U.S. Embassy in
Bulgaria.
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Monument track and field athlete Sophie Pettit
took the top podium spot twice at the state
championship meet at University of Oregon’s
Hayward Field for the 100-meter dash and the 200.
She also placed fourth in the long jump.
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100-meter hurdles and 300 hurdles at the state
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